PouchDB Tutorial

PouchDB is an open source in-browser database API written in JavaScript. It is modelled after CouchDB – a NoSQL database that powers npm. Using this API, we can build applications that work offline and online. PouchDB uses WebSQL and IndexedDB internally to store the data. This tutorial discusses the basics of PouchDB along with relevant examples for easy understanding.

Audience

This tutorial has been prepared for beginners to help them understand the basic concepts of PouchDB. It will aid you to build applications which will work offline and online alike using PouchDB and CouchDB.

Prerequisites

The reader should have a basic knowledge of databases. It would be better to have a good command on programming languages, which are compatible with node.js such as JavaScript and CoffeeScript.